Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 251
... edition of the English Iliad was printed in Holland in Duodecimo , and imported clandestinely for the gratification of those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be counteracted by an ...
... edition of the English Iliad was printed in Holland in Duodecimo , and imported clandestinely for the gratification of those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be counteracted by an ...
Page 278
... edition in octavo returned for distinction to the owl again . Hence arose a great contest of booksellers against booksellers , and advertisements against advertisements ; some recommending the edition of the owl , and others the edition ...
... edition in octavo returned for distinction to the owl again . Hence arose a great contest of booksellers against booksellers , and advertisements against advertisements ; some recommending the edition of the owl , and others the edition ...
Page 490
... edition of them in 1767 , a third edition in 1768 , and the conclusion in 1771 .. Andrew Reid , a man not without considerable abilities , and not unacquainted with letters or with life , undertook to persuade Lyttelton , as he had ...
... edition of them in 1767 , a third edition in 1768 , and the conclusion in 1771 .. Andrew Reid , a man not without considerable abilities , and not unacquainted with letters or with life , undertook to persuade Lyttelton , as he had ...
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